Klim Shipenko, director of The Challenge, said he needed to lose 10 pounds to fly to the ISS. This was one of the conditions of the medical board. Shipenko mentioned this in an interview. vedomosti.
“They said there is a weight limit – 95 kg. Then I lost 105 kilos, I needed to lose weight. But in fact it is not difficult for me – the weight is walking within 15 kg, ”admitted the director.
According to Shipenko, he did not even think that he would not pass a medical examination: “But according to the training rules, substitutes are provided – mine [оператор] Alexei Dudin.
The director also described the hardest part of working on The Challenge as filming it. “Preparation for shooting in space is still conditional. I kept hearing that things would be different there. And it was really different. The factor of weightlessness – on the ground it is impossible to prepare for this, ”added Shipenko.
The first screenings of the movie “Challenge” in Moscow began on April 12, Cosmonautics Day. The film will be released in wide theaters in Russia on April 20.
Formerly Shipenko judicial The movie “Salyut-7” is heavier than “Challenge”.